Oct 10 Marylou Morat – “3D printing is a fantastic tool!"

After studying design and art, Marylou began her career in prototyping and 3D printing for a French car manufacturer.

Today, Marylou is still a designer and production manager at Fabulous 3D, a consulting and support company based in Lyon and Paris. Due to her position and experience, she has a good knowledge of the 3D printing process, materials and parts design.

Nora Toure: Marylou, could you let us know your background and what brought you in 3D printing?

At school’s workshop and at different companies where I worked, I had access to 3D printing machines, including SLA, FDM and SLS.

Nora Toure: What was your first experience in 3D printing?

Marylou Morat: Firstly at school, to try and learn, there was a FDM machine at the school’s workshop.

When I worked for the design studio of Renault Trucks France, we used it every day to materialize our ideas. We printed shapes after we made a lot of post-processing like sanding, painting, varnish, sticking ..

Alex Kingsbury is an engineer who consults to businesses on metal additive manufacturing, providing expert technical advice, business analysis, and commercialization strategy for businesses both locally and overseas.

California-based Nora Toure is the woman behind “Women in 3D Printing”, a group dedicated to promoting and showcasing the use of 3D printing for women. She’s also a Sales Manager at 3D print -on-demand service Sculpteo.

California-based Nora Toure is the woman behind “Women in 3D Printing”, a group dedicated to promoting and showcasing the use of 3D printing for women. She’s also a Sales Manager at 3D print -on-demand service Sculpteo.